Playlist for The Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, MO Sunday, March 28, 2010

Information about The Acoustic Edge, FM89.1 The Wood and St. Louis music on Facebook, My Space and Twitter

Our New Mailing Address
The Acoustic Edge
Naomi Soule/Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road
Saint Louis MO 63123

Phones: 314-395-7797, 314.497.4481 or 314.374.6083 or 636.949.4891 KCLC Sundays 1:00- 4:00 p.m.

acoustic.edge@yahoo.com, nstm1@yahoo.com or nstm@mindspring.com.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

* = New or Current (M) = Missouri Artist (I) = Illinois Artist (CR) = Current Reissue

23 New or current tracks played.

Artist - Song - CD - Label

The Hooters - All You Zombies - Both Sides Live - Self Released

Jeff Golub (With Marc Cohn) - I Don't Worry About a Thing - Blues For You - E1*

Peter Himmelman - The Mission of My Soul - From Strength to Strength - Epic

David Hidalgo and Louie Perez - What Good Is Love - The Long Goodbye - Big Stink*

Backyard Tire Fire - Good To Be - Good To Be - Kelscey Street*

Crash Test Dummies - MMMM, MMMM, MMMM, MMMM - God Shuffled His Feet - Arista

Carole King - (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman - Tapestry Live - Ode/Epic/Legacy

Carole King - Beautiful - Tapestry - Ode/Epic/Legacy

Josh Charles - The Harder They Come - Love Work and Money - CC*

Norah Jones - Waiting - The Fall - Blue Note*

Tom Wood (M) - Water and Rain - Remix EP - Self Released*

Billy Joel - All About Soul - The Essential Billy Joel - Columbia

Spinners - Mighty Love. Pt 1 - The Very Best of The Spinners - Atlantic/Rhino

Will Hoge - Highway Wings - The Wreckage - Ryko*

Julie Miller - I Will Follow You - He Walks Through Walls - Myrrh

Patty Griffin - I Smell a Rat - Downtown Church - Credential*

Raul Midon - Don't Take It That Way - Synthesis - Decca*

AM - It's Been So Long - Future Sons & Daughters - Fontana*

The Band - Chest Fever - Greatest Hits - Capitol

Bow Thayer - Born to Be - Shooting Arrows at The Moon - Thunder Ridge*

David Broza - Soul to Soul - Night Dawn. The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt - S-Curve*

David Broza - Time of Trains - The Long Road a Collection - Crosseyed Bear

Blue Rodeo - One More Night - The Things We Left Behind - Tele Soul/Red Eye*

Eric Burdon and The Animals - Monterey - Absolute Animals 1964-1968 - Raven

Allen Thompson - All These Years - 26 Years - Self Released*

Susan Cowsill - Galveston - Lighthouse - Threadhead*

Jimmy Webb - MacArthur Park - Live and at Large in The U.K. - Self Released

Glen Campbell - Sing - Meet Glen Campbell - Capitol

Red Molly - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - James - Self Released*

John Prine (I) - Paradise - Great Days.The John Prine Anthology - Rhino

David Rawlings Machine - Method Acting/Cortez The Killer - A Friend of A Friend - Acony*

Eighteen - Kosher Bacon - Be Strong - Self Released

Martin Sexton - Found - Sugarcoating - Kitchen Table*

Ruby James - Passengers - Happy Now - Self Released*

Tom Langford - Skin for Skin - Here Comes Memory - Bella Vista

Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt - Greatest Hits - Bug/Rhino

Raul Malo - Moonlight Kiss - Lucky One - Fantasy

Shelby Lynne - Rains Came - Tears, Lies and Alibis -Fontana*

Matraca Berg, Gretchen Peters, Suzy Bogguss(I) - Heartache - The Sewanee Sessions - 13 Bottles*

Mary McAdams - Take You There - Mary McAdams - Self Released*

The Rankin Family - Straight Into Love - These Are The Moments - Universal/Longview*

Moshav - The Streets of Jerusalem - Misplaced - JMG

89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis and The Acoustic Edge. The Roots Music Report
2006 Folk Radio Station and Show of
The Year!
89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis.
Winner of the Riverfront Times 2006 Best of St. Louis Award.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/2006/award/best-radio-station-101295/

Our Theme is Ray of Hope by Northern
Lights from the CD Wrong Highway Blues on
Flying Fish or By Bill Henry on the
CD Red Sky on OMS. We report to the Roots

Music Report& 3rd Coast Music

Members of The Roots Music Association .
www.rootsmusicassociation.com

THE ACOUSTIC EDGE CONTACT INFORMATION
KCLC Acoustic Edge/Naomi Soule & Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road, Saint Louis MO 63123,
Phones: (Home office 314-395-7797)
(KCLC 1-4 p.m. Central Time on Sundays 636-949-4891); (Naomi 314-374-6083); (Terry 314-497-4481)
e-mail nstm1@yahoo.com; acoustic.edge@yahoo.com; nstm@mindspring.com
Serving the St. Louis area(Population 2.8 million)

The Acoustic Edge/KCLC is the '06
& '08 Roots Music Folk Station of the Year!
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Terry.B.Moses
Go to The Acoustic Edge Radio Show
facebook page to find out about St. Louis area musicians and venues.

We are posting links to artists and venues there.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Acoustic-Edge-Radio-Show/215808897280?ref=ts

On My Space: http://www.myspace.com/theacousticedge; theacousticedge@myspace.com

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/acousticedge;
http://acousticedgeradio.blogspot.com/

Playlist for The Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, MO

Playlist for The Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, MO

Sunday, March 21,
2010

Information about The Acoustic Edge, FM89.1 The Wood and St. Louis music on
Facebook, My Space and Twitter

Our New Mailing Address
The Acoustic Edge
Naomi Soule/Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road
Saint Louis MO 63123

Phones: 314-395-7797, 314.4...97.4481 or 314.374.6083 or 636.949.4891 KCLC Sundays
1:00- 4:00 p.m.

acoustic.edge@yahoo.com, nstm1@yahoo.com or nstm@mindspring.com.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

* = New or Current (M) = Missouri Artist (I) = Illinois Artist (CR) = Current
Reissue

29 New or current tracks played.


Artist - Song - CD - Label

Tribute to Alex Chilton to lead off The Acoustic Edge

The Box Tops - Cry Like a Baby - The Best of The Box Tops: Soul Deep - Arista

Big Star - When My Baby's Beside Me - Memorial Compilation - Rhino

The Box Tops - The Letter - The Best of The Box Tops: Soul Deep - Arista

Blue Rodeo - Candice - The Things We Left Behind - Redeye*

Will Kimbrough - Big Big Love - Wings - Daphne*

Dala - Alive - Everyone Is Someone - Campus Music*

Danielia Cotton - Righteous People - Live Child - Cottontown*

Dana Cooper (M) - Enough - The Conjurer – Self Released*

Craig Bickhart - A Day Well Spent - Brother to The Wind - Stone Barn*

Jeff Beck with Imelda May - Lilac Wine - Emotion & Comotion - Atco*

Jamie Cullum - All At Sea - Twentysomething - Verve

Jamie Cullum - Wheels - The Pursuit - Verve*

Shelby Lynne - Why Didn't You Call Me - Tears Lies and Alibies - Fontana*

Kristina Train - Don't Remember - Spilt Milk - Blue Note*

John Wort Hannam with Jenny Whiteley - Worth a Damn - Queen's Hotel - Black Hen*

Big Smith (M) - My Overalls (Don't Fit Me Anymore) - Roots, Shoots and Wings - May Apple*

Kentucky Headhunters - Dumas Walker - Live/Agora Ballroom-Cleveland, Ohio - Mercury

Jeff Bridges - Hold on You - Crazy Heart Soundtrack - New West*

Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce - Postitively 4th Street - Coldwater - Self Released

Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You - Middle Cyclone - Anti

Beach Boys - Sail on Sailor - The Warmth of The Sun - Capitol

Marley's Ghost - My Love Will Not Change - Ghost Town - Sage Arts*

The Watson Twins - Savin' You - Talking to You Talking to Me - Vanguard*

Pieta Brown - Faller - One and All - Red House*

Wendy Jans - Fool - Today - Self Released*

Becky Schlegel - Never Loved You Cowboy - Dandelion - Lilly Ray/IGO*

Dave Mason - World In Changes - The Definitive Collection - Hip-O

The Rankin Family - Breathe Dream Pray Love - These Are The Moments - Universal

The Dixie Chicks - The Long Way Around - Taking The Long Way - Columbia/Open Mouth

Eagles - In The City - The Very Best of Eagles - WSM

Carrie Rodriguez - I Made a Lover's Prayer - Love and Circumstance - Ninth Street Opus*

Jesse Winchester - It's a Shame About Him - Love Filling Station - Appleseed

Johnny Cash - Hurt - American IV: The Man Comes Around - American

Johnny Cash - For The Good Times - American VI: Ain't No Grave - American*

Joan Armatrading - This Charming Life - This Charming Life - 429*

Raul Midon - These Wheels - Synthesis - Decca*

Josh Charles - The Harder They Come - Love, Work and Money - CC*

Delbert McClinton and Dick 50 - Mama's Little Baby - Acquired Taste - New West*

Graham Parker - Weather Report - Imaginary Television - Bloodshot*

The Holmes Brothers - Living Well is The Best Revenge - Feed My Soul - Alligator*

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Tom Waits - Tootie Ma Was a Big Fine Thing - Preservation - White Tiger*

Patty Griffin with Emmylou Harris - Little Fire - Downtown Church - Credential*

89.1 The Wood, KCLC
St. Louis and The Acoustic Edge. The Roots Music Report
2006 Folk Radio Station and Show of
The Year!
89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis.
Winner of the Riverfront Times 2006 Best of St. Louis Award.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/2006/award/best-radio-station-101295/

Our Theme is Ray of Hope by Northern
Lights from the CD Wrong Highway Blues on
Flying Fish or By Bill Henry on the
CD Red Sky on OMS. We report to the Roots

Music Report& 3rd Coast Music

Members of The Roots Music Association
.
www.rootsmusicassociation.com


THE ACOUSTIC EDGE CONTACT INFORMATION
KCLC Acoustic Edge/Naomi Soule & Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road, Saint Louis MO 63123,
Serving the St. Louis area (Population 2.8 million)
The Acoustic Edge/KCLC is the '06 & '08 Roots Music Folk Station of the Year!

Phones: (KCLC 1-4 p.m. Central Time on Sundays 636-949-4891); (Naomi 314-374-6083); (Terry 314-497-4481)

e-mail nstm1@yahoo.com; acoustic.edge@yahoo.com; nstm@mindspring.com



On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Terry.B.Moses

Go to The Acoustic Edge Radio Show facebook page to find out about St. Louis area musicians and venues. We are posting links to artists and venues there.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Acoustic-Edge-Radio-Show/215808897280?ref=ts


On My Space: http://www.myspace.com/theacousticedge; theacousticedge@myspace.com

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/acousticedge; http://acousticedgeradio.blogspot.com

Playlist for The Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, MO Sunday, March 14, 2010

Playlist for The Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, MO

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Information about The Acoustic Edge, FM89.1 The Wood and St. Louis music on Facebook, My Space and Twitter

Our New Mailing Address
The Acoustic Edge
Naomi Soule/Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road
Saint Louis MO 63123

Phones: 314-395-7797, 314.497.4481 or 314.374.6083 or 636.949.4891 KCLC Sundays 1:00- 4:00 p.m.

acoustic.edge@yahoo.com, nstm1@yahoo.com or nstm@mindspring.com.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

* = New or Current (M) = Missouri Artist (I) = Illinois Artist (CR) = Current Reissue

21 New or current tracks played.


Artist - Song - CD - Label



The Chieftans featuring Ry Cooder with Lila Downs - La Iguana - San P Hear Music*



David Broza - Holes in my Soul - Night Dawn. The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt - S-Curve*



David Broza - If You Don't Kiss Me - Stone Doors - Mesa



John Cowan - Long Distance Runaround - Always Take Me Back - Sugar Hill



Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs - I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People - Under The Covers. Vol. 2 -Shout Factory



James Keelaghan - Leave Town - House of Cards - Borealis*



Tom Fisch - Speed of the Sound of Lonliness - October Boy - October Boy*



John Prine (I) and Steve Goodman (I) -Souvenirs - Great Days - Rhino



Heart - Dreamboat Annie - Dreamboat Annie - Capitol



James Maddock - When The Suns Out - Sunrise on Avenue C - Ascend*



Colin Farrell & Jeff Bridges - Fallin' & Flyin ' - Crazy Heart Soundtrack - New West*.



The Coal Men - Houston Memory - Kids With Songs - Funzalo*



John Hiatt - Homeland - The Open Road - New West*



Blue Rodeo - Don't Let The Darkness In Your Head - The Things We Left Behind - Tele Soul/Red Eye*



Texas Tornados - Velma From Selma - Esta Bueno - Bismeaux*



Peter Himmelman - Beneath The Damage and The Dust - Flown This Acid World - Epic



Peter Himmelman - Untitled - Flown This Acid World - Epic



Peter Himmelman - Woman with The Strength of 10,000 Men - From Strength to Strength - Epic



Josh Charles - I'm Always Here For You - Love, Work & Money - CC*



Ashley Cleveland - Going to Heaven to Meet The King - God Don't Never Change - E1



Patty Griffin - Move Up - Downtown Church - Credential*



Dave Alvin - Barn Burning - King of California - Hightone



Valerie Carter - I Wonder Why - The Way It Is - Countdown



Jackson Browne and Valerie Carter - Day After Day (Dr. Maturin's Daughter) - Sing SOS. Songs of The Spectrum - SOS*



Dar Williams - House on Fire - Sing SOS. Songs of The Spectrum - SOS*



Raul Midon - Next Generation - Synthesis - Decca*



Lynn Miles - Over You - Black Flowers Volume 1-2 - True North*



David Blue - Outlaw Man - Nice Baby and The Angel - Wounded Bird



Johnny Cash - Redemption Day - American VI: Ain't No Grave - American*



Johnny Cash - Danny Boy - American IV: The Man Comes Around - American



Mary McAdams - Take You There - Mary McAdams - Self Released*



Cary Brothers - Ghost Town - Under Control - Universal/Polygram*



Brethren - Get Together - Backporch State of Mind - Better Together*



Jesse Colin Young - Ridgetop - The Very Best of Jesse Colin Young - Artemis



Radney Foster and The Confessions - Second Chances - Revival - Devil's River



Paul Davis - Do Right - Sweet Life: His Greatest Hit Singles - Razor and Tie



Laurie Lewis - Unfinished Life - Blossoms - Spruce and Maple*



Northern Lights - Ray of Hope - Wrong Highway Blues - Flying Fish

89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis and The Acoustic Edge. The Roots Music Report
2006 Folk Radio Station and Show of
The Year!
89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis.
Winner of the Riverfront Times 2006 Best of St. Louis Award.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/2006/award/best-radio-station-101295/

Our Theme is Ray of Hope by Northern
Lights from the CD Wrong Highway Blues on
Flying Fish or By Bill Henry on the
CD Red Sky on OMS. We report to the Roots

Music Report& 3rd Coast Music

Members of The Roots Music Association .
www.rootsmusicassociation.com

THE ACOUSTIC EDGE CONTACT INFORMATION
KCLC Acoustic Edge/Naomi Soule & Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road, Saint Louis MO 63123,
Phones: (Home office 314-395-7797)
(KCLC 1-4 p.m. Central Time on Sundays 636-949-4891); (Naomi 314-374-6083); (Terry 314-497-4481)
e-mail nstm1@yahoo.com; acoustic.edge@yahoo.com; nstm@mindspring.com
Serving the St. Louis area(Population 2.8 million)

The Acoustic Edge/KCLC is the '06
& '08 Roots Music Folk Station of the Year!
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Terry.B.Moses
Go to The Acoustic Edge Radio Show
facebook page to find out about St. Louis area musicians and venues.

We are posting links to artists and venues there.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Acoustic-Edge-Radio-Show/215808897280?ref=ts

On My Space: http://www.myspace.com/theacousticedge; theacousticedge@myspace.com

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/acousticedge;
http://acousticedgeradio.blogspot.com/

Playlist for The Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, MO Sunday, March 07, 2010

Playlist for The Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, MO Sunday, March 07, 2010
Thanks to Interview Guest Steve Wariner

Information about The Acoustic Edge, FM89.1 The Wood and St. Louis music on Facebook, My Space and Twitter

Our New Mailing Address
The Acoustic Edge
Naomi Soule/Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road
Saint Louis MO 63123

Phones: 314-395-7797, 314.497.4481 or 314.374.6083 or 636.949.4891 KCLC Sundays 1:00- 4:00 p.m.

acoustic.edge@yahoo.com ,
nstm1@yahoo.com or nstm@mindspring.com.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

* = New or Current (M) = Missouri Artist (I) = Illinois Artist (CR) = Current Reissue

22 New or current tracks and 1 Current Reissue track played.

Artist - Song - CD - Label

Dana Cooper - Enough - The Conjurer - Self Released*

Red Molly feat Fred Gillen, Jr. - Gulf Coast Highway - James - Self Released*

Nanci Griffith - The Last of The True Believers - The Last of The True Believers - Philo

Daphne Wills - Love and Hate - What to Say - Vanguard*

Robert Earl Keen - Corpus Christy Bay - Live At Ryman - Koch

Steve Wariner - (Back Home Again In) Indiana - My Tribute to Chet Atkins - Selectone*

Interview with Grammy Winner Steve Wariner

Steve Wariner - Producers Medley - My Tribute to Chet Atkins - Selectone*

Steve Wariner - Chet's Guitar - My Tribute to Chet Atkins - Selectone*

Patty Larkin with Martin Sexton - Lately - 25 - Signature Sounds*

James Taylor - Copprerline - One Man Band - Hear Music

k.d. Lang - Helpless - Recollection - Nonesuch (CR)

Peter Himmelman - Imperfect World - Mission of My Soul: The Best of Peter Himmelman - Shout Factory

Alejandro Escovedo - Always a Friend - Real Animal - Manhattan/Back Porch

Freedy Johnston - It's Gonna Come Back to You - Rain on the City - Bar None*

John Hiatt - Movin' On - The Open Road - New West*

Ernie Hendrickson - Hold on to Hope - Walking With Angels - Self Released*

Jennifer Knapp - Dive In - Letting Go - Thirty Tigers*

Norah Jones - It's Gonna Be - The Fall - Blue Note*

Carrie Newcomer - I Do Not Know It's Name - Befoe and After - Rounder*

Los Lobos - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes - By The Light of The Moon - Warner/Slash

David Hidalgo and Louie Perez - What Good Is Love - The Long Goodbye - Big Stink*

Big Smith (M) - My Overalls (Don't Fit Me Anymore) - Roots, Shoots and Wings - May Apple*

Charlie Robison - Beautiful Day - Beautiful Day - Dualtone

Texas Tornados - They Don't Make Them Like I Like Them - Esta Bueno - Bismeaux*

Chris Scruggs - Running From The Graveyard - Anthem - Cogent*

Lucky Dan and Naked Mike (M) - Queen Bee - This Time - Wildstone

Preservaton Hall Jazz Band with The Blind Boys of Alabama - There Is a Light - White Tiger*

The Holmes Brothers - Edge of The Ledge - Feed My Soul - Alligator*

America - I Need You - The Complete Greatest Hits - Rhino

Gino Vanelli - Wild Horses - Ultimate Collecton - Hip-O

Joan Osborne - St. Teresa - Relish - Mercury

Peter Bradley Adams - Darkening Sky - Traces - Fontana*

Reckless Kelly - The Ballad of Elano De Leone - Somewhere In Time - Yep Roc*

Backporch Party - California Dreamin' - Backporch State of Mind - Better Together*

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs - Everything I Own - Under The Covers. Volume 2 - Shout Factory

89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis and The Acoustic Edge. The Roots Music Report
2006 Folk Radio Station and Show of The Year!
89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis. Winner of the Riverfront Times 2006 Best of St.
Louis Award.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/2006/award/best-radio-station-101295/

Our Theme is Ray of Hope by Northern Lights from the CD Wrong Highway Blues on
Flying Fish or By Bill Henry on the CD Red Sky on OMS. We report to the Roots
Music Report& 3rd Coast Music
. Members of The Roots Music Association
www.rootsmusicassociation.com
THE ACOUSTIC EDGE CONTACT INFORMATION
KCLC Acoustic Edge/Naomi Soule & Terry Moses
7211 Heege Road, Saint Louis MO 63123,

Phones: (Home office 314-395-7797)

(KCLC 1-4 p.m. Central Time on Sundays 636-949-4891);

(Naomi 314-374-6083); (Terry 314-497-4481)

e-mail nstm1@yahoo.com; acoustic.edge@yahoo.com; nstm@mindspring.com
Serving the St. Louis area (Population 2.8 million)
The Acoustic Edge/KCLC is the '06 & '08 Roots Music Folk Station of the Year!

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Terry.B.Moses

Go to The Acoustic Edge Radio Show facebook page to find out about St. Louis area musicians and venues.

We are posting links to artists and venues there.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Acoustic-Edge-Radio-Show/215808897280?ref=ts

On My Space: http://www.myspace.com/theacousticedge; theacousticedge@myspace.com

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/acousticedge; http://acousticedgeradio.blogspot.com/

Another Gentle St. Louis Arts Icon Passes Away too Soon

Blake Travis, musician, storyteller and actor, dies



Blake Travis.ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

03/02/2010



When Blake Travis told stories to children, they would start out sitting six feet away from him. By the end of the story, they had inched up so close, they were right at his feet.



"Their excitement and openness is my reward," he told an interviewer in 2006.



Mr. Travis died Friday (Feb. 26, 2010) at his home in Webster Groves. He was recently hospitalized for congestive heart failure, diabetes and kidney failure. He was 60.



He was proud that he was able to earn his living as a professional musician, storyteller and actor.



He sang, played an assortment of percussion instruments and recorded songs, most often with the bands the Dangerous Kitchen and the Road Apples and, earlier, with singer Joe Bidewell. He played jazz, rock, funk and soul, country-rock and Cajun.



His storytelling took him across the country. He acted out vignettes about bias and led discussions on the topics. He described his stories as traditional African, African-American, Native American, European and Asian.



His stories were for adults as well as children. They were meant to entertain, he said, "but they still have a moral."



Mr. Travis grew up in Webster Groves, the eldest of four children. He studied the oboe in fourth grade and graduated from Webster Groves High School.



He was one of the student participants in the legendary CBS documentary "16 in Webster Groves," which aired in the mid-1960s.



He attended St. Louis Community College at Meramec, then performed in San Francisco, Colorado and with Billy Crystal in New York.



He was 15 when he got his first paying gig. By 1993, he was still supporting himself with a day job as manager of a school bus company. He decided it was time to become a full-time artist.



"I believe in the arts," he later recalled, "and I wanted to influence others in a positive way."



He credited his wife, Annette, for helping him make the career move. The night they met, she said, she knew they would marry.



"I wrote a letter that night to 'My dearest Blake on my wedding day,'" she recalled.



She planned to give it to him on their wedding day. "But I forgot it and had to give it to him later."



Kathy Corley, an area filmmaker, is making a film about Mr. Travis' life.



Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church of Webster Groves, 3251 South Brentwood Boulevard. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be at Valhalla Cemetery.



In addition to his wife, among the survivors are two daughters, Morgan Travis and Lilah Travis, both of Webster Groves; a son, Josh Travis of Collinsville; his mother, Jessie Travis of Webster Groves; two sisters, Linda Clay of Kirkwood and Loretta Travis of St. Louis County; and three grandchildren.



I remember Blake playing percussion in the late 80's and early 90's with the Road Apples. They came on our bluegrass show on KDHX for membership drives. They did a great job playing and Blake was terrific. I know he was an intregal part of the folk culture in St. Louis. I did not know Blake well but Naomi and I both remember him as a kind and loving soul who gave of himself 24-7-365.

St. Louis has lost two wonderful people recently. Larry Weir and now Blake Travis. Too early in the year and too soon in their lives. I hope he's banging on congas and telling the angels stories, especially all of those little kids who passed away too soon.

God bless him.

Terry Moses
with Naomi Soule and Farbee the Seeing Eye Dog.